The Bozeman weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-18

P. B. Groat. of the Northern Pacific,
has written a letter to Walter Cooper, Of
| Bozeman, in which he says that specl-
mems of quartz sent to him at once to
st. Paul will be forwarded to London by
his chief clerk, A few exceptionally
fine specimens sent from here would
be advantageous to this section.
1t is possible by the planting of trees
as is contemplated in the law passed by
the last legislature entitled "an act to en-
courage tree-planting in Montana" for
an ordinary farmer to get such an amount
of exemption as will cancel his taxes.
Besides doing this he will be improving
the value Of his land.-Husbandman.
We had occasion to travel over several
miles of prairie last Sunday and not once
did we meet with the familiar chirp of
the ground squirrel. From inquiries we
learn that in many places they have
been intirely annihilated, and that those
engaged in the business o fhunting squir-
rels now have to go a considerable
distance from Bozeman.
1t now transpires that the Two horses
confscated by Capt Harris at Camp
Sheridan, in the possession of VIM.
James caught trapping beaver in the
Park, belong to Gen. Wakefield of Boze-
man. MI. Wakefield made a trip to the
Park to obtain his property, which Capt.
Harris said he believed were his, but
could notglve up until he had heard from
headquarters.
The CHRONICLE reporter was misinform-
ed last week in the matter regarding the
lack Of appropriation for land officers.
Messrs Monroe and lines of the Boze.
T man land office were merely informed by
the department that owing to the unsuf-
ficent Appropriation for the fiscial year,
twenty-five per rent of their salaries for
the last quarter would be deducted and
paid to them after Congress met.
The Northern Pacific has made the
following rates on wool, hides, and tai
low from Helena to eastern terminals:
Wool, car loads of 10000 pounds or more
$1.6O per 100 pounds. Tallow, green
hides, and pelts in car loads of 1000
pounds or more, $1.25 per 100 pounds.
Dry hides in car loads of 10000 ounds or
| more, $1.75. This rate on wool is fifteen
| cents per 100 pounds less than last year.
The industrious squirrel trappers of
| Gallatin county are getting rich out of
the bounty law, but lift rids that section
of the pests it will accomplish more than
some people believed it would. AT
present it will prove a benefit to Gallatin
county only. where the gophers are
numerous owing to the number of years
in which the land has been under culti-
walton. The trappers car make good
wages without much exertion.-Maiden
Argus.
Spring came in with May, but a little
shrinking and coy-like. The buds are
beginning to burst, however; the grass is
dashing the fields with green. and the
birds make merry song to welcome the
harbinger of ummer. The protracted
cold weather of April is not without its
compensations, as it gives reasonable
assurance of the safety of fruits and
flowers from fatal frosts. Everything
now points to bountiful crops and rich
rewards for industry in nearly all the
channels of enterprise.
In q few weeks the festive COW boy
will "rag proper" in full regalia ~of''chaps'
AS, !" "quirt" and "cady," with "slicker'
tied to the saddle, and shit the flats" fol
the spring roundup. Then will family
disturber'' be in great demand in the
alkali.spots where water Is scarce, while
overland trout" will disappear at an
astonishing rate three times a day, when
the boys Chew" The "horse wrangler'
and "broncho buster" will then be per
sonage of Importance, and woe be unto
the tsnderfoot who puts on any frills in
their presence.-Ex.
A special session of the board of coun.
ty commissioners called for the 18th inst
met pursuant to call and proceeded tc
discuss the following topics: The school
districts, roads, provisions regarding the
~county's poor, transcribing the records
and the ordinary work that generally
comes before them at their regular quar-
terly meetings. We are also Informed
that the contract given to Geo. E. Boos
of the Journal Publishing company al
Helena for the furnishing of blank blooki
is being disputed, and may possibly BIZ
annulled.-Enterprise.
A private letter from Billings to Hell
ena gentleman says, on the authority o
chief Engineer Knowlton, that the con
tract for grading the Rocky Forks Goa
road will be let early in May. and that
the road will be pushed to completion a
soon thereafter as possible. The com
pany has arranged for the erection o
fifty double houses for miners, work up
on which will begin as soon as the saw
mill is in operation. Developments il
the mines show a ledge of coal 100 fec
thick. 1t is pronounced by'experts to b.
better for fuel purposes than the Illinoil
or Iowa coal, and some of it will coke.
From all over the range country come
the news that the past winter has bee
more destructive to bulls than any 9th
or class of stock. Herds numberin
several thousand have been examinet
and scarcely a single instance have an
, bulls been found living. This severe los
. . is attributed largely to the fact that tn
= supply was inadequate and the anima
being over-taxed were in poor conditio
8 at the beginning of winter. Had the
1 been taken up at the proper time, as G
r ten suggested in these columns, til